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(anatomy) a point or small area
Answer for the clue "(anatomy) a point or small area ", 7 letters:
punctum
Word definitions for punctum in dictionaries
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Punctum is a genus of very small air-breathing land snails , terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Punctidae , the dot snails.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Punctum \Punc"tum\, n. [L., a point.] A point. Punctum c[ae]cum . [L., blind point.] (Anat.) Same as Blind spot , under Blind . Punctum proximum , near point. See under Point . Punctum remotum , far point. See under Point . Punctum vegetationis [L., point ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (anatomy) a point or small area
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. (context anatomy English) a sharp tip of any part of the anatomy; a point or other small area
Usage examples of punctum.
You speak of this and that, of strategy and the punctum gravissimum and the West and the East, and in the world of men what you say may have a meaning.
I have plenty of ideas and facts, you know, and I can see he is just the man to put them into shape--remembers what the right quotations are, omne tulit punctum, and that sort of thing--gives subjects a kind of turn.